FIGHT HUNGER
NIGERIA

EMPOWERMENT
ADVOCACY
EXHIBITION

An Initiative in alignment with Nigeria's Food Security Aspiration

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Endorsed by
The Presidency
Office of the Senior Special Assistant
to the President (Food Security)
Enabled by
Fight Hunger Resources
...Together We Fight To Reduce Hunger
www.fighthungernigeria.org
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Food Security remains central to developmental issues across the global landscape. This is reflected in the Goal 2 of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which addresses zero hunger. It entails the emplacements of implementation measures to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food towards ending poverty, promoting health and fostering sustainable development.

Traders selling peppers, tomatoes, yams and other fresh produce at a Nigerian market

Nigeria has experienced its own unpleasant share of food insecurity, thus, forming a fundamental objective and directive principle of the country is the Enthronement of Food Security as a means of promoting citizens' well-being. In alignment with this national aspiration, FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA is organized as a strategic civil responsibility initiative dedicated to advancing the nation's food security agenda.

Women selecting potatoes and yams at a busy Nigerian open-air market
Thematic Areas

THEMATIC AREAS

FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA is an initiative constructed around three interconnected thematic focus areas of Empowerment, Advocacy, and Exhibition, all designed as catalyst for sustainable growth and development. Each focus area is strategically targeted at creating solutions for hunger reduction that can be scaled and integrated across the nation's diverse population, forming a tripod towards advancing the NATIONAL ASPIRATION on Food Security in Nigeria.

Pillar 1

EMPOWERMENT

The empowerment model of the FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA project forms a central pillar of the initiative. It focuses on equipping communities with the tools, skills, and resources necessary to become self-sufficient, improve their livelihoods, and sustainably address hunger. By focusing on education and access to resources, the program ensures that people are not only surviving hunger but are also empowered to overcome it in the long run. This approach fosters resilience, builds stronger communities, and leads to lasting changes that can transform Nigeria's food security landscape.

Empowerment

ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND TOOLS

Tool and Seed Distribution: Provide smallholder farmers with quality tools, seeds, and other critical inputs to enable them grow food more effectively. This empowers them to increase their productivity and become food self-sufficient.
Co-Operatives Support: Target cooperatives with a focus on food security, where communities can share resources and knowledge, which strengthens community resilience.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

Capacity Building and Training: Empower communities with knowledge on sustainable farming techniques, crop diversification, and climate-smart agriculture.
Entrepreneurship Programs: Provide training in food-related businesses, such as food processing, packaging, and preservation. This helps create local food industries reducing reliance on external aid.

WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT

Inclusivity: Ensure women, who are often primary food producers and caregivers, are fully included in empowerment initiatives.
Leadership Training: Offer leadership training, access to resources, and promote efficiency in decision-making processes.
Advocacy
Pillar 2

ADVOCACY

The advocacy pillar of FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA is dedicated to raising awareness, influencing policies, and mobilizing communities to take action against hunger. It focuses on educating the public about the importance of food security, advocating for supportive policies, and engaging stakeholders at all levels to create a collective effort towards ending hunger in Nigeria.

CONFERENCES

Capacity Building: Provide a platform for capacity building, knowledge gathering and exchange of ideas through keynote, plenary and technical sessions.
Structured Dialogue: Promote development engagement among key actors through meaningful conversations and collaborative problem-solving.
Practical Solutions: Identify key issues, generate practical solutions through collective thinking and proffer actionable solutions.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Local Ownership: Engage in grassroots mobilization ensuring that interventions are culturally appropriate, context specific and widely accepted.
Volunteerism: Encourage volunteerism, peer education, and food drives at the community level for a sense of ownership and collective responsibility.

YOUTH & SCHOOL OUTREACH

Youth Engagement: Engage young people through schools and youth platforms to foster long-term commitment to fighting hunger.
Innovation: Promote peer education, food drives, farmers' clubs, and youth-driven innovation sessions at school and community levels.
Pillar 3

EXHIBITION

The exhibition component of FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA will serve as a framework for stakeholders to harvest numerous strategic advantages in the food and agro-allied sector. Providing opportunities for showcasing innovative products, solutions, and technologies, the exhibition will also create a much-needed platform to receive practical contributions for ongoing improvement and customization in the quest to combat hunger and ensure food security.

Exhibition

KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NETWORKING

Evidence Based Insights: Bring together a diverse range of stakeholders as a platform for exchange of ideas, insights and practical innovations on food solutions.
Strategic Alliances: Create partnerships and alliances between investors, agripreneurs, development partners, and government agencies.

PROVEN IMPACT

Success Stories: Highlight compelling success stories from across the country that demonstrate how intentional interventions have significantly impacted food solutions.
Scalable Models: Promote pathways for scaling successful interventions and food solutions across Nigeria.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

Celebrating Impact: Serve as a prestigious platform to honor individuals and institutions demonstrating outstanding commitment, innovation, and impact in advancing food security in Nigeria.
Award Categories: Merit-based, guided by SDG 2 targets and unique program criteria.
Reach Out

MULTI-CHANNEL CAMPAIGNS

  • Social Media: Leverage platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok to create viral campaigns, using hashtags: #FightHungerNigeria
  • Traditional Media: Partner with TV, radio stations, and newspapers to run public service announcements, interviews with experts, and hunger-related stories.
  • Digital Tools: Create websites to collect and generate interests in the fight against hunger across communities.
Campaigns
Collaborate

PARTNERSHIP

FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA recognizes that the fight against hunger requires a collective effort. We actively seek partnerships with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sector entities, and community groups to amplify our impact and reach. By working together, we can create a stronger, more resilient food system that benefits everyone.

Partnership
Strategize

ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

The project will adopt a structured and inclusive partnership engagement strategy designed to maximize collective impact and mutual benefit.

Identify

Identify and target potential partners across government, private sector, and civil society organizations.

Engage

Develop tailored proposals and engagement frameworks for different partner categories.

Collaborate

Create collaborative platforms for planning, execution and monitoring of joint initiatives.

Measure

Establish clear metrics and reporting mechanisms to track impact and ensure accountability.

Partner

COLLECTIVE PARTNERSHIP

Government and Public Sector

Having been inspired by the Presidency, we shall continue to undertake further engagements with the Federal, States, Local Governments and other public sector organizations in mobilizing greater support for hunger relief. Such partnerships enable strong alignment with government policies, social protection programs, and food security strategies. Governmental and other public institutions are provided the opportunities to demonstrate leadership and accountability.

Corporate and Private Sector

Engage corporate organizations as partners in reducing hunger. This is designed to create partnerships that combine financial support with measurable impact and meaningful recognition for sponsors, ensuring that partnerships reflect shared objectives and complimentary capabilities.

THRIVING IN PARTNERSHIP

Visibility

Partners will enjoy enhanced visibility and positive brand recognition, that will be reinforced across event branding, media coverage, advocacy campaigns and public engagements.

Reputation

The partnership delivers both strategic and social benefits, enhancing partner's reputation, influence, growth and development. While strengthening their products, services and market insights, they are able to deliver on their Corporate Social Responsibility.

Tiers

PARTNERSHIP CATEGORIES

Partnerships are structured to account for the various partners' respective interests across the following categories:

Platinum

The highest level of engagement. Strategic leaders receiving topmost-tier brand visibility across all program events and activities. This tier provides premium benefits to the partners.

Gold

A distinguished level of participation with top-tier engagement and visibility across most key events and activities. Meaningful opportunities for partners to gain insights and attract high impact benefits.

Silver

Measurable engagement and visibility across selected events and activities. Well suited for organizations seeking involvement and visibility within specific segments of the program.

Exhibitors

An accessible entry point for public and private organizations. Provides a valuable platform for visibility and lead generation aligned with the National Aspiration on Food Security.

Get in touch

Together we can fight hunger and win!!! FIGHT HUNGER NIGERIA is not just another "holding talks"; it is a movement, empowering futures and building a stronger Nigeria. It is a commitment to changing the narrative of hunger in our nation by giving practical solutions to the problems of hunger and promoting communities to feed themselves, leveraging the program's focus areas.

Abuja: The Presidency (OSSA) Food Security - Tower A, 2nd Floor, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1, FCT, Abuja.
Lagos: Fight Hunger Resources, #410, Ikeja Plaza, 81, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos.
(+234) 8026687300, (+234) 8023393290
info@fighthungernigeria.org